skid
Example Sentences
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He flew in the sky, crashed into the hard snow and skidded down the mountain.
She placed 40th, 11th and fifth in World Cup races, before the knee buckled in her next race, causing her to skid off course.
He tore out of the utility closet and walk-ran back toward the lobby, skidding to a stop in front of a love seat, where the man Etta had been talking to before was sitting.
From Literature
The agency’s rules touch virtually every facet of transportation safety, including regulations that keep airplanes in the sky, prevent gas pipelines from exploding and stop freight trains carrying toxic chemicals from skidding off the rails.
From Salon
He skids to a stop on the packed dirt and shouts, between pants, “He’s on the move!”
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
